I don't collect them anymore (I'm into ancients and medievals) but I still have my small collection of Colombian coins (my family is Colombian). Got stuff from the 1880s (when the country was known as the"United States of Colombia") to 2014. My favorite is my 1892 Columbus commemorative silver 50 centavos.
Nice selection of Colombian coins! Here is one of mine... Neuva Granada AV 16 Pesos 1846-UE Popayan Mint 27.88g./35mm.
50 centavos 1965, copper-nickel, weight - 12,6 g., size - 30,5 mm, mintage - 600000 pcs. "Jorge Eliecer Gaitan". Single release.
I am very late arriving here; but, I adore your centavos. And, yes, this "Indio de Quindio" is truly gorgeous. I wish I had one. If you are still on this forum, please tell us if you have any new Colombian coins. I only have peso coins. One of those is a 500 peso coin with an image of a tree that is actually a great big parasite. A parasite!! Yikes! It's a beautiful coin. I'll shoot it and put it up here in an hour or so.
WOW! What beautiful Colombian coins everyone has. Now I feel stupid putting my Colombian coins up here even though this one below has a really cool image of maybe the biggest parasite and has roots.
My mouth is actually watering looking closely at everyone's coins here. Is that normal? Sooo beautiful.
That sure is a cool design. Not sure about this parasite thing though; that is apparently a saman tree. And yes, it was big indeed. Here are two articles in Spanish about the coin: http://www.elmundo.com/portal/resultados/detalles/?idx=41350 http://www.absoluti-ind.com/Numis/BotandoCorriente/El_arbol_saman_de_Guacari..pdf Christian
@chrisild - Thank you for making me feel better about my pretty Colombian coin. It looks rather similar to your avatar!! Bimetallic, huh? Neat! Now I want to know how many bimetallic coins are out there. Here's an article that only mentions the coin briefly but which talks mostly about this very misunderstood vegetative growth. http://vamosenmovimiento.blogspot.com/2013/08/el-arbol-de-san-marcos-un-equivoco.html
Interesting, thanks! Now my Spanish is lousy or worse, but I got the gist from a mix of the English, German (my primary language) and Spanish versions. And as for how many bimetallic coins there are ... errm, many. The first modern one made for circulation was issued in Italy, in 1982. These days, lots of countries have at least one denomination in such a bimetallic look. Sometimes the center (the "pill") has a silverish appearance while the outer part (the "ring") looks golden, sometimes it is the other way round. Christian
@chrisild - I learned three new things today, thanks to you: pill, ring, and that Italy made the first modern one just recently (1982 is just yesterday...practically). I will go and see if there are any ancient bimetallic coins.
2 centavos 1959, brass, weight - 3,05 g., size - 19,1 mm, thickness - 1,55 mm, mintage - 4609000 pcs. Such coins were released at 1955 & 1959.
20 centavos 1953, silver .300, weight - 5 g., size - 23,15 mm, thickness - 1,4 mm, mintage - 17819000 pcs. Such coins were released at 1952 & 1953.
Wow! Silver and beautiful! And the other coin - the brass one - is lovely as well. Just gorgeous. Thank you for posting these.
You see? If I had a 'relike' or "love it all over again" button, I could have pressed that; but, my only option was to stop and tell you how simply beautiful this coin is and how much I enjoy seeing this coin and all the coins you collect. It must be a gas to look through your collection! Amazing additions each and every time. @panzerman, It is a pleasure to watch you put it together. Thanks for sharing with us.
Many years ago, when Gold was much cheaper, I was buying Columbian 5 Pesos at coin shows. I still have a date set and more. Is there now any premium for the lower mintage issues? Bill
